Two Year Anniversary of Devastating Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown

ICTMN Staff
March 11, 2013
Two years ago today, Japan was hit with a devastating earthquake, which generated a tsunami, which swept away nearly 30,000 people and took out the nuclear power plant...

Natives Have an Ally in Japan

ICTMN Staff
January 24, 2013
He’s been fascinated with Native American culture since he was young and that love has grown into a lifelong education for Yoshitaka “Yoshi” Iwasaki, a doctoral student at Osaka Un...

Chickasaw Nation Wins People’s Choice Award at Olympics of Mapmaking Event

ICTMN Staff
September 17, 2012
Combining old world style map design—hand-drawn images that tell a story about the data on the map—with new technology led the Chickasaw Nation’s GeoSpatial Information Department ...

China Surpasses Japan in Greatest Imports of Alaskan Fish, Logs and Minerals

ICTMN Staff
July 13, 2012
China's middle class reportedly loves Alaskan fish. The country became the state's biggest trading partner for the first time in 2011, reported the Alaska Dispatch ...

Fish Tests Radiation-negative, But Where's It From?

Wawmeesh Hamilton
September 20, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA) has deemed fish tested in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster as radiation free, but will not divulge where samples were taken from...

Returning Salmon Being Tested for Radiation from Japanese Nuclear Plant as a Precaution

Wawmeesh Hamilton
September 13, 2011
Two British Columbia First Nations are taking a wait-and-see approach as West Coast salmon are tested to determine if they have been contaminated with radiation resulting from Japa...

Seaweed Okay to Eat in British Columbia, Authorities Say

ICTMN Staff
April 03, 2011
Although seaweed tested in Barkley Sound has tested positive for the radioactive isotopes Iodine 131 and Cesium 137, with Japan’s leaky reactors as the probable culprit via the jet...
Mark Trahant

Japan Reminds us About the Inevitability of Chaos

Like most people I watched the events in Japan unfold on cable and through Facebook throughout the weekend. It’s great to see posts from friends and friends-of-friends who are OK. However I watch other reports with growing fears for the people who live there....

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March 15, 2011

Indian Artists Auction Art Online for Japan Disaster Relief

ICTMN Staff
April 05, 2011
Darryl Dean Begay, Raymond C. Yazzie, and Lyndon Tsosie look at eBay auction donations...

Native Veteran Recalls Wartime Radiation

Carol Berry
March 22, 2011
It was a perfect day in the South Pacific—it had to be, for the military operation to take place—when one Native man underwent experiences he relates to the nuclear catastrophe occ...

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